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Sandy McClearn

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P.Eng. + PMP. Warships IFR magazine contributor. Photography & Maritime History. Based in Nova Scotia. https://smcclearn.smugmug.com/ https://sandblings.blogspot.com/ #photography #shipping #warships #landscape #seascape #blackandwhite

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · Nov 11

A short intro for my first post - I'm an engineer, project manager, and photographer based in Nova Scotia. I will take photos of just about anything but there is often a maritime or nautical angle. I've put my Twitter account on hiatus and I'm trying some new platforms. Nice to meet you!

Man in a bright jacket standing next to a ship's rail with an iceberg floating on the sea in the background.

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 22h

Imposing clouds over Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia. #photography #lighthouse #landscape #peggyscove #novascotia #meteorology #weather #clouds #imposing #silhouette #EastCoastKin

Lone figure stands in front of a lighthouse in silhouette against an imposing cloudy sky.

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Melissa Summers @lisservel.bsky.social · 22h

#TidesOutTuesday

#EastCoastKin #PicMagnets
#sunset #photography

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 2d

A farm near Martock on Trunk 14 in Nova Scotia had an impressive array of pumpkins & gourds on display and for sale on the front lawn yesterday. We bought two, and I _might_ have taken a few photos. #photography #pumpkins #gourds #autumn #fall #farm #novascotia #windsor #crop #harvest #EastCoastKin

Three buckets filled with gourds on a table.

Pumpkins line a lawn in front of an old barn.

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 6d

Lobster tail on a beach. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #lobster #tail #beach #sand #debris #southshore #novascotia #EastCoastKin

Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 6d

Two aerial views taken shortly after departing Stanfield International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They seemed perfect for #blackandwhite. #photography #monochrome #classicmono #aerial #landscape #novascotia #aviation #clouds #shadow #reflections #EastCoastKin

High contrast aerial view of clouds and a lake.

High contrast view of an aircraft wing with clouds and a lake in the background.

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Shannon Ellis 🇨🇦 @sarradis.bsky.social · 7d

Sunrise on Citadel Hill hits differently

#halisky #goodmorning #sunrise #photography #halifax

An orange and pink sunrise over the Halifax clock tower

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 7d

Tree lined hilltops give way to a mountain in the distance as seen from Mount Washington on Vancouver Island near Comox. #photography #landscape #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #vancouverisland #mountains #mountwashington #layers #EastCoastKin

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 8d

Annapolis River and the North Mountain in Nova Scotia from the air, with a wildfire to the left. The window reflections are unavoidable. #photography #aerial #aviation #landscape #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #novascotia #annapolisvalley #wildfire #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

Aircraft wing over an aerial view of a coastal landscape with wildfire smoke to the left.

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Shannon Ellis 🇨🇦 @sarradis.bsky.social · 10d

This painting just sold and is off to its forever home in Ontario! 💕

I promised the buyer that if she stares at it long enough, she will absolutely hear the ocean.
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An oil painting of some dancing waves crashing on the sand.

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 11d

The beauty of the mysterious, of that which is partly hidden, when secrets are revealed....

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunset #outdoors

It is the interplay of fog with Namibia's coastal dunes which makes for beautiful scenes. I loved the soft tones of this scene, the dunes struggling to emerge from dense fog and the coast line barely showing through.

I have always been mesmerized by the soft, ethereal light that seems to emanate from glaciers and touches all that is nearby. This particular evening in Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park, it all came together. The warm light of the sun intermittently broke through clouds, gracing the peak of a mountain right next to glacier Grey in some of the most beautiful, evocative light I have seen.

The mysterious, the partially known, that left to our imagination, exerts a profound hold on us. In East Greenland, giant icebergs contrast against towering mountains emerging from the clouds, yet never revealing what lies behind.

Gently swaying grasses, remnants of good rains that graced the desert, complement distant mountains shrouded in a combination of dust & mist, as they are touched by the last light of day. Somewhere in Namibia.

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 12d

View from around the shore of Upper Campbell Lake near Comox, British Columbia. #photography #landscape #scape #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #mountains #silhouette #britishcolumbia

Wispy clouds over a mountain in the background of a treed slope.

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 16d

Sunrise from the beach at Comox, British Columbia. #photography #landscape #seascape #sunrise #landscapephotography #dawn #beach #shoreline #coastal #comox #britishcolumbia #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

Clouds in the sky over sunrise at a beach.

Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 18d

Another dawn photo from Comox two weeks ago - the pre-dawn sun illuminates clouds over mainland mountains. #photography #comox #britishcolumbia #landscape #seascape #scape #dawn #sunrise #mountains #EastCoastKin

Pre-dawn sun illuminating clouds over a mountain chain.

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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · 19d

The Royal Canadian Navy will pay off five of their East Coast MCDVs in a ceremony in Halifax this afternoon. Farewell to HMC Ships Kingston, Glace Bay, Shawinigan, Goose Bay, and Summerside. #ships #warships #rcn #royalcanadiannavy #halifax #novascotia #farewell #nautical #navy #EastCoastKin